sffport

sffport
This program sends files to a networked TCP/IP port.
sffport -s server3 -p 1972 filename
cat filo | sffport -s localhost -p 3333
Example with an endstring (-B), a long wait (-e 50) and a display of return
(-d)
sffport -s 196.162.161.122 -p 40004 -d -B /Nserver -e 50
samples/getSupportedEncodings_Command.xml | cat -vet
Example for testing Multicast with a 10 sec gap between packets of 500 bytes
each, display a dot for each pkt !
sffport -s 233.115.135.18 -p 6000 -m -d -Y -b 500 -w 10000 tester.180.fip
Any data is passed through without modification unless the the -X flag is set
to add a NUL between CR and NL as telnet zap these.
Note there is an extra FipSeq, \%c for the complete size of file (including
Fiphdr).
Input Parameters are :
Mandatory:
-s : spider or tty output device default: none
unless 'network' or script' parameters are stated.
-p : spider port number default: none
for terminal servers only
Optional
-h : strip the FipHdr default: no
-d : display any text from the server default: no
Note that if you are looking at this on an
ordinary window or terminal and control chrs
are being received, you could screw up your screen.
Pipe via cat -ve to strip nasties.
cat file_to_send | sffport -s serv1 -p 1818 -d | cat -ve
-y : display data as sent default: no
-Y : display a dot for each packet as sent default: no
-X : add a NUL betweeen CR NL .. default: no
so non-transparent telnet does not zap the NL
-e : At the end, wait for data from the default: 5
server. Stop after X secs of no traffic.
-E : At the end, wait for some data THEN default: no
wait '-e' seconds before finishing.
-T : force the wait at end to be exactly the -e default: no
ie -T -e 300 will wait for 300 seconds only
-B : At the end, wait for this string and then default: no
stop.
-b : block size default: 1024
Use this to test programs which do not handle
small TCP packet sizes well.
If you specify more than about 1450, TCP will fragment
them automatically. The Minimum is 10 bytes.
-c : Timeout for the connection default: 60 secs
for ordinary TCP connections (not multicast or UDP)
-o : name of an output file for any text from default: no
Normally any text is ignored (or displayed with -d)
-O : also add any data sent to the output file default: no
(requires -o (filename) too of course)
-F : FipAgent for use with ipsvrd default: no
-z : Parameter file default: none
-S : alternate terminal server if first refuses default: no
-P : alternate termsvr port if first refuses default: no
-R : range of port numbers to use. see below default: just the one
-l : log default: no
-L : use SSL layer default: no
-I : run Interactively ie run from a shell default send file
-A : send the user name on connect to the remote default: do not
-u : use UDP as the protocol default: tcp
-m : port is multicast default: tcp
-M : mTTL default: 2
-H : local IP address for 2nd card for mbone default: no
-f : extra FipHdr info for filing in the standing files (-g/-G/-k/-K) default:
none
-g : FipSeq string to send BEFORE the data default: none
-G : FipSeq string to send AFTER the data default: none
-k : filename of any standing file of FipSeq default: none
to send BEFORE the data (and after any -g BEFORE)
-K : filename of any standing file of FipSeq default: none
to send AFTER the data ( and before any -G AFTER)
-n : once - nstein, twice - squawk box default: none
-w : wait in millisecs between sent packets default: 0
use this to pace a link
-W : interval in secs between error messages default: every second
-x : split string in FipSeq default: do not split
the data will be sent in discrete packets starting with this string
-D : FipSeq to send BEFORE each pkt default: none
-v : print version no and exit
For those switches with parameters, the parameter MUST be separated by a space.
-R allows a range of numbers to use. So if we had
sffport -s humdrum -p 9090 -R 10
then the program will look to the first free port from 9090 to 9099
-- Imitating an HTTPS link - use -L (in this example we also use -I for
interactive)
sffportssl -s www.zinglezongle.com -p 443 -L -I
Then type
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: www.zinglezongle.com
(2 end of lines)
... wait for the reply...
Other env varis can be used to define where the system is :
SFF_HOME where the home or top queue is. default: /fip
eg setenv SFF_HOME /ripexpress/underware
SFF_LOG where the log files queue is default: (SFF_HOME)/log
SFF_SPOOL where the data queues are default: (SFF_HOME)/spool
SFF_TMP where the tmp data queues is default: (SFF_HOME)/x
THIS MUST BE ON THE SAME UNIX VOLUME as SFF_SPOOL queues.
ie if spools are on /data99 which is hard disk /dev/sd0, you MUST also
have the TMP queue on the same disk/partition
NOTE that for all BUT SFF_HOME, if the parameter starts with a '/' then it is a
hard, absolute path; if not then the spool area is under SFF_HOME.
eg setenv SFF_SPOOL /data7 will look under /data7 for queues
while setenv SFF_SPOOL data7 will look under /fip/data7
The Parameter file is use only for FipAgent traffic and is found in
/fip/tables/svrd (not sfftables) :
; comment line
wrapper: xml wrapper string
eg : wrapper:DEVICE_MESSAGE
default is FIPAGENT
data-length: tag containing the length of data following the wrapper
default is DATALENGTH
action: Action of the message
default is REPLY
message: FipAgent Error Message
default is MSG
result: FipAgent result code
default is RESULT
device-result: result code from the host process
default is DEVICE-RESULT
or for SSL stuff
ssl-method: (1,2,3,23,999)
Version number to use for TLS/SSL default: 999 for current default (2 or 3)
ssl-password: (password)
ssl-passwd: (password) default: none
Optional password if the handshake requires a shared secret
ssl-cert: (name of a PEM certificate file) default: none
ssl-root-cert: (name of a root PEM certificate file) defaunt: none
Optional certificates - held in tables/ssl
Version Control
;004v7 05feb02 added mbone
;a-c 27jan03 added -I for Interactive stuff
;d-g 13feb03 added -A
;h 22sep03 added -T
;i 05mar04 fipagent restricted to 64k - not now
;j 05aug04 added mboneLocalAddress -H
;k 05feb05 added WINNT drive letter support for input data file
;m 15feb05 added -k/-K for included files
;n-p 26mar05 added \%c total filesize including fipHdr
;q 30jun05 added -f for extra FipHdr
;r-s 25nov05 ssl as -L
;t-v7 14sep07 added -l, -g/-G (and -n) plus -B endstring is now
case_insensitive
;2 ssl modette ;3 added -x splitter ;4 added -D before-pkt ;5 ssl rework ;6
-O added
;7 5sep14 reworked progression thru stages (whicho)
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